Thinking Stamping: Tags in cards

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Friday, 12 June 2026

Fern & Flora for CAS Colours & Sketches 587

I had a play around with the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches today, using the Fern & Flora bundle.

I like a tag card, mainly because I really like my (sadly retired) Tailor Made Tags set. This set is, for sure, a keeper! I started by cutting out one of the largest round-cornered tags from Basic White and another from a scrap of the Moonlit Flora DSP. I added a bow of linen thread to finish the tag look. I also cut a hole reinforcer circle from a scrap of Golden Glow and added it to the white tag. I stamped some of the tiny strokes in Old Olive, making sure to off set it rather than having side-to-side images.

I die cut different ferns in Golden Glow, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow and arranged them over the tag.

The card front was embossed with the Fern & Flora embossing folder - already a firm favourite with me!

I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow and cut it down. I stamped three moths in Mossy Meadow, coloured them with Golden Glow and Old Olive Stampin' Blends and added some highlights with a white gel pen.

The final finishing touch was a trio of Golden Glow pearls.

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Sunday, 13 October 2024

Humble Home for Freshly Made Sketches 657

After a lovely family morning at the playground, I got into my craft room this afternoon. Perfect day, right? For inspiration, I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for a simple Christmas card.

I used the Humble Home bundle as a starting point. I'm still trying to make friends with it!

I stamped the gingerbread house image but masked off the gable decoration so I could stamp the tiny wreath into the space instead. I coloured it using Stampin' Blends in Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green and Cherry Cobbler before punching it out.

I made the tags using a retired tag topper punch and retired corner rounder punch. Some things you've just got to keep in your craft library! The backing tag is cut from paper in the Take A Bow stack.

To create the diagonal of the sketch, I used the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing folder at an angle.

Before attaching the house, on dimensionals, I stamped in some stars (or maybe snow) in Granny Apple Green. This little gem of a stamp is from Reindeer Fun. The sentiment is stamped in Garden Green to match the card base and cut with a banner from Stylish Shapes dies.

The embellishments are Basic Rhinestones coloured with a dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend.

This is a straightforward card you could easily reproduce in multiples for your Christmas mail out and with a spot of colouring in, was fun to make.

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Sunday, 29 July 2018

The Paper Players 403 - Design Team Card

It's sketch week at The Paper Players and Claire has given us this sweetie to work with.

My Share What You Love suite has been neglected of late, so I thought I'd get it out and have a play.

I really like the floral stamp that's part of the set. The flowers colour up so prettily, in this case with Stampin' Blends.

The DSP is also so pretty and co-ordinates so well. The white panel is embossed with my newest embossing folder, Layering Leaves. I'm not sure how I managed so long without it.

We'd love to have you join us at The Paper Players this week. Pop over and see what the rest of the team have come up using Claire's sketch then join in with us.

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